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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

YALLFest Author Interview: Ransom Riggs

On
November 9th, 2013, the 3rd annual Young Adult Book Festival - YALLFest
will take place in Charleston, SC. The festival will host 50
of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times
bestsellers. Today I, along with other enthusiastic bloggers, are
hosting a series of interviews of authors who will be at YALLFest. For
all of the details about YALLFest, check out their website at www.yallfest.org

Featured today is Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home

for Peculiar Children

What one thing do you need to have when you write?Silence. My noise-cancelling headphones have become almost essential.

What is the hardest line to write- the first or the last?The first. I rewrite and rewrite it a million times. The last comes easy.

Tell us 5 random facts about yourself.I’m six foot four. I lived on a working farm until I was five. I used to know how to cook Indian food but now I’ve forgotten. I love documentaries. One day I will conquer the moon.

What are you working on now?A novel for Little, Brown the plot of which is SECRET! (Sort of, for now. But I’m really excited about it.)

What is your favorite genre to write in? To Read?Oh, definitely YA to write in. I read everything, lots of YA, lots of adult, nonfiction of all sorts. I even read poetry when I’m feeling ambitious. I think it’s crucial to have lots of different influences. If you only read in the genre you write in, your writing will sound like everything else that’s already out there.